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Title
Mrs. Mercedes Sparks
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes and has creases.
Ned Sparks was a comedian and charactor actor born on November 19, 1883 in Ontario, Canada. Mercedes Sparks was the sister of Charles Caballero, head of the purchasing department at Fox Studios. Ned Sparks worked in stage and film and became known for his trademark deadpan expression and dry wit. He and Mercedes Caballero were married from 1931-1935. Sparks appeared in 10 Broadway productions and over 80 films. He died on April 3, 1957.
Mrs. Sparks is shown seated with her legs crossed, holding papers in one of her hands. She is wearing a fur. Photograph dated April 6, 1936.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;32 x 18 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00115485
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 60
CARL0005345142
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/32030
Subject
Sparks, Ned,--1883-1957--Divorce
Trials (Divorce)--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Fur coats
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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